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The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_La_Fayette Marquis de Lafayette] (1757-1834).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky "Fayette County, Kentucky,"] Wikipedia.</ref>

The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_La_Fayette Marquis de Lafayette] (1757-1834).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky "Fayette County, Kentucky,"] Wikipedia.</ref>

*'''[Ball]''' Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. ''A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families.'' San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/genealogyofbufor00bufo Internet Archive] - free.

*'''[Bryan]''' Cooper, J.R. ''Bryan County [Family] of Fayette County, Kentucky''. Typed transcript of a series of ten articles published in the ''Lexington Herald'', Lexington, Kentucky, beginning Sunday, February 27, 1927, [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Ft. Wayne, Ind. Microfilmed 1971:&nbsp;{{FHL|235562|item|disp=FHL Film 873506 Item 3}} another version, found at the National Library, [[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library|D.A.R.]], Washington, D.C. Microfilmed 1971: {{FHL|124489|item|disp=FHL Film 872856 Item 1}}

*'''[Bryan]''' Cooper, J.R. ''Bryan County [Family] of Fayette County, Kentucky''. Typed transcript of a series of ten articles published in the ''Lexington Herald'', Lexington, Kentucky, beginning Sunday, February 27, 1927, [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Ft. Wayne, Ind. Microfilmed 1971:&nbsp;{{FHL|235562|item|disp=FHL Film 873506 Item 3}} another version, found at the National Library, [[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library|D.A.R.]], Washington, D.C. Microfilmed 1971: {{FHL|124489|item|disp=FHL Film 872856 Item 1}}

*'''[Henderson]'''&nbsp;Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. ''White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White''. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. {{FHL|1304743|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W584n}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH25,58236 Family History Archives].

*'''[Eads]''' Kademan, Janet Money and Alvis Money Magill. ''The Families of Johnathan Eads (1753-1806) of Harrison County, Kentucky and David Eads (1797-1872) of Davies County Missouri and Some of Their Descendants.'' Davenport, Iowa: J.M. Kademan, 1992. {{FHL|639473|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Ea25k}}.

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*'''[Eads]''' Kademan, Janet Money. ''Supplement to the Families of Jonathan Eads (1753-1806) of Harrison County, Kentucky, and David Eads (1797-1872) of Daviess County, Missouri: and Some of Their Descendants: Being a Continuation of Chapters Three through Seven (with Index).'' Davenport, Iowa: J.M. Kademan, 1993. {{FHL|690256|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Ea25k supp.}}.

*'''[Henderson]'''&nbsp;Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. ''White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White''. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. Digital version at {{FSbook|64158}} - free; {{FHL|1304743|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W584n}}.

*'''[Johnson]''' Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. ''A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families.'' San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/genealogyofbufor00bufo Internet Archive] - free.

*'''[McKee]''' Hoffman, David R. ''Samuel McKee and His Family Notes on the Life of Samuel McKee Who Died in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1813, on His Children, and on the Descendants of His Sons William, David and Samuel McKee, Jr. and His Daughter Jane McKee Story''. Harrisburg, Pa.: D.R. Hoffman, 2006. {{FHL|1346009|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 929.273 M194hd}}

*'''[McKee]''' Hoffman, David R. ''Samuel McKee and His Family Notes on the Life of Samuel McKee Who Died in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1813, on His Children, and on the Descendants of His Sons William, David and Samuel McKee, Jr. and His Daughter Jane McKee Story''. Harrisburg, Pa.: D.R. Hoffman, 2006. {{FHL|1346009|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 929.273 M194hd}}

*'''[White]''' Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. ''White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White''. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. Digital version at {{FSbook|64158}} - free; {{FHL|1304743|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W584n}}.

*'''[White]'''&nbsp;Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. ''White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White''. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. {{FHL|1304743|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W584n}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH25,58236 Family History Archives].

*'''1787''' - Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at {{FHL|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Fayette County is included in Vol. 1.]

*'''1787''' - Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at {{FHL|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Fayette County is included in Vol. 1.]

*'''1788''' - Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Personal Tax List of Fayette County (Kentucky), 1788," ''The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange'', Vol. 1, No. 4&nbsp;(Jul. 1927):239-241. Available at {{FHL|61472|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Only part of the list was published.]

*'''1788''' - Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Personal Tax List of Fayette County (Kentucky), 1788," ''The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange'', Vol. 1, No. 4&nbsp;(Jul. 1927):239-241. Available at {{FHL|61472|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Only part of the list was published.]

Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.

[Bryan] Cooper, J.R. Bryan County [Family] of Fayette County, Kentucky. Typed transcript of a series of ten articles published in the Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, beginning Sunday, February 27, 1927, Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Microfilmed 1971: FHL Film 873506 Item 3 another version, found at the National Library, D.A.R., Washington, D.C. Microfilmed 1971: FHL Film 872856 Item 1

[Eads] Kademan, Janet Money and Alvis Money Magill. The Families of Johnathan Eads (1753-1806) of Harrison County, Kentucky and David Eads (1797-1872) of Davies County Missouri and Some of Their Descendants. Davenport, Iowa: J.M. Kademan, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 Ea25k.

[Eads] Kademan, Janet Money. Supplement to the Families of Jonathan Eads (1753-1806) of Harrison County, Kentucky, and David Eads (1797-1872) of Daviess County, Missouri: and Some of Their Descendants: Being a Continuation of Chapters Three through Seven (with Index). Davenport, Iowa: J.M. Kademan, 1993. FHL Book 929.273 Ea25k supp..

[Henderson] Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 W584n.

[McKee] Hoffman, David R. Samuel McKee and His Family Notes on the Life of Samuel McKee Who Died in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1813, on His Children, and on the Descendants of His Sons William, David and Samuel McKee, Jr. and His Daughter Jane McKee Story. Harrisburg, Pa.: D.R. Hoffman, 2006. FHL Book 929.273 M194hd

[White] Nichols, Elizabeth L. and Melanie Marie Springer. White, James (1754-1817) and His Wife Jeney/Jane McHatton (1768-1850) and Their Family with Emphasis on Their Second Daughter, Margaret (Peggy) White (1786-1860), Who Married 17 Mar 1807 in Fayette County, KY to James Henderson (1786-1862), Who are Ancestors to the Compilers; and Their Eldest Son, John McHatton White (1793-1866), Who Married 3 Sept 1816 in Greene County, OH to Tabitha McFarland (1797-1874), Daughter of Joseph McFarland and Margaret White. Salt Lake City, Utah: E.L. Nichols, 2005. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 W584n.

Land

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Fayette County land records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

Probate

Taxation

1787 - Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1787 personal property tax list of Fayette County.]

1787 - Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Fayette County is included in Vol. 1.]

1788 - Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Personal Tax List of Fayette County (Kentucky), 1788," The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jul. 1927):239-241. Available at FHL. [Only part of the list was published.]